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Unrrnn S'ra'rns PATENT @raffron- JOHN SIMS, OF BOSTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ClDERMILLS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 156,215?, dated November3, 1873; application filed October 27, 1873.

To all rwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SIMS, of Boston, in the county of Erie andState of New York, h-ave invented certain Improvements in Apple-Grinders, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the application of two rollersprovided each with teeth on their periphery, so arranged that the applewill get grated and crushed at once by means of the rollers, teeth, andan arrangement of a dash-head pushing the apple in between the rollers.

I refer to the annexed drawing, which makes part of this specification,and in which like letters of reference indicate like parts.

Figure 1 represents my apple-grinder in a longitudinal section. Fig. 2represents the dash-head or feeder in a side view, having itsconnecting-rods K K attached. The lower ends of K K, intended to beconnected to the elastic straps G G, are cut ott'. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof my apple-grinder, having its hopper taken oft'.

A is the main frame, to which are secured the two rollers O O,driving-shaft E, elastic straps or bars GG, and hopper H. It is rest ingwith its two short legs on a tank intended to receive the matter thathas passed through between rollers C G. O G are two wooden rollersmounted with steel teeth ou their periphery in a screw-like manner, asindicated on roller U, at left hand of Fig. 3. Through their center runsan iron shaft. A spur-wheel, D, is fitted to each of them, as seen inFig. 3, in order that the one will drive the other. Roller O, at righthand of Fig. 3, is also provided with a pinion, D', into which fits aspur-wheel, E, of driving-shaft E. F is a driving-pulley :secured ontodriving-shaft E. G G are two elastic straps or bars. They are securedwith one end to the main frame A, and to their other end are securedconnecting-rods K K of dashhead I. Driving-shaft E and elastic straps GG are provided with two cams, E2, (see Fig. 1,) for the purpose ofraising the dash-head I once in every revolution of the driving-shaft E.The dashhead I is forced down again as soon as the cams E2 have passedone another by means of the elastic straps G G. H is the hopper intowhich the apples are to be put in order to grind them. I is a dash-head.It is connected to the elastic straps or bars G G by means of the rods KK. Its office is to hold and push the apple in between rollers O C.

Be it observed that the steel teethof rollers O O are arranged so thatwhen the rollers are revolving the steel teeth will pass one another,and that the teeth of one roller will meet corresponding holes in theother roller, in order that the rollers can work close together.

To operate my apple-grinder, it may Vsuffice to say, lill the hopperwith apples, turn the crank or pulley of-driving-shaft`E;-as indicatedby the arrow. This will set the rollers O O revolving and operate thedash-head I, so that it will crowd the apples in betweenl the rollers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to secure byLetters Patent is The combination, `with the hopper H and a pair ofrollers, O O, arranged as described, of the feeder or dash-head I,straps or bars G, and cams E2, the whole being constructed and operatingas set forth.

Jouiv sIMs.

Witnesses:

H. WM. Dorr, A. J. MARsHALL. i

